Remote Distributed Systems Engineer (Python & Go)

Canonical; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a passionate Software Engineer to enhance their distributed systems. You will develop CI pipelines, improve automated testing, and ensure high quality for Canonical's cloud solutions. Successful candidates must possess solid skills in Python or Go, and understand modern test processes.

This position is fully remote, allowing you to work collaboratively with a distributed team while delivering critical cloud applications and tools effectively.

Qualifications

• Solid background in modern test processes and strategies.
• Ability to develop and ship production grade modern web applications.
• Capability for 2-4 weeks of international travel per year.

Responsibilities

• Create automated testing approaches and infrastructure.
• Enable engineering teams to develop software confidently.
• Enhance continuous integration pipelines for cloud native products.
• Deploy, manage, and debug highly distributed systems.
• Monitor and report on automated testing efforts.
• Collaborate daily with a globally distributed team.

Skills

Python development

Go development

Continuous integration

Object-oriented development

Networking technologies

Linux system architecture

Automated testing

Complex abstract thinking

Tools

Jenkins

CircleCI

GitHub CI

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Canonical is seeking a passionate Software Engineer to enhance their distributed systems. You will develop CI pipelines, improve automated testing, and ensure high quality for Canonical's cloud solutions. Successful candidates must possess solid skills in Python or Go, and understand modern test processes.

This position is fully remote, allowing you to work collaboratively with a distributed team while delivering critical cloud applications and tools effectively.